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Got called in April08 after posting my resume on Monster by Apple One in Pleasanton. Went to interview, took the Word & Excel tests, scored perfect. She said I'd be placed quick. I was so thrilled, after being unemployed for a year! I figured most companies didn't use agencies due to the fees they charge, so never tried them.

The gal claimed all those on line applications go to a remote computer in another state, and no company sees them! She said they would be screening me for their big clients. I believed what she said and left happy....

I waited for weeks, then began calling and checking in to ask why no job interview? I checked their website jobs daily. I'd find ones I'm perfect for, then email my rep to submit me for an interview, she'd say sure, I'd wait a few days and call to find out the status, she'd tell me "UH...that job was taken." Then she'd tell me she has another job 30 miles away for less money, if I'm interested. Gas went up and it wasn't worth driving to make half of what I normally make!

I kept trying every week, would find more great jobs on their website and apply, then get no reply or excuses. After I pitched a fit, sick of her stalling tactics, she finally said she had a 12 wk job for a maternity leave that was decent pay and close, so I said YES! I was so excited to start Monday.

On Thurs. I get a call, "Has the other rep called you yet?" I said no, so she told me to expect a call from the Walnut Creek rep with details about the job and who to see there before Monday. I waited and no call of course! By 5pm Friday I knew I'd been conned again!

Monday I called (really to kill her by now), asking what happened? She said, "The client changed their mind." Well gee, when was someone planning to tell ME? I was furious and asked for her manager this time, and got a call with some more excuses! No other temp job offered again after that.

Now it's been 7 mos. and not ONE interview YET! I keep seeing great jobs posted and call her to submit me, and she claims she does, yet I never hear a word another week and alwaya have to call or email and ask!

I've wasted months with these liars and going to lose my home next from their FALSE PROMISES. I also registered with Office Team (if you like to get jobs that pay nothing) and Renoir Staffing, who called all my references, did a background check, and that was it! (I had a perfect background and credit score of 820) YET NO JOB INTERVIEW!!

None of these places get you interviews, much less jobs! I have a degree, excellent background and skills, so this is ridiculous! They all talk big to get you to come in, and then you never hear a word from them! You have to call and hound them every week! They don't care because they already have their job! I'm not even offered temp assignments!

I've applied for jobs on Craigs List and gotten several interviews on my own. Otherwise I'm really to jump off the bridge as I watch my life go down the drain....

I don't see how these bogus agencies manage to stay in business? Just like Monster & Career Builders, all the jobs posted are fake, so they can make money with advertising.

If anyone has actually been placed in a normal job by Apple One, I will faint. Please reply if you have!

Location: San Jose, California

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yes, I've been placed by AppleOne, but it took 7 months. Prior to to that, I did do a One-Day job for them (3 mos after I signed up).

Believe me you don't get nothing out of working for AppleOne. First of all, it has to be an emergency situation for them to place you. The people working at the Client site are not friendly nor care. I maybe met 4 that were somewhat nice.

But after you leave, don't expect to stay in touch. They don't like temps that AppleOne finds 'out-of-the-blue' to fill an emergency situation. Both the client company's managers and Appleone feel that temp people are a 'dime-a-dozen'. There are a hundred they can hire at the 'spur-of-the-moment'.

Your work and time will not be appreciated.

Their feeling is as long as you get paid, that's all they have to give you. No more assignments either if you say anything about feeling uncomfortable at the work site.

Best not to work for these type of temp agencies. Seek a former employer, go to work in retail or banking, or go back to school (preferably a University) so to later (hopefully) acquire a good respectable job.

Guest

I know this is a bit late but have you tried Indeed.com? To me, that's the best job search website.

I've received interviews from two job postings on that site. Good luck!

Guest

Try indeed.com. They are great, and I have gotten 2 jobs from them.

Guest

I got a job through Appleone. It was in 2007, though.

The lady who placed me was really nice, she came to my new job with cake.

But then, any time I wanted another job after that, they ignored me. It really is a one time thing.

Guest

I couldn't agree more

Olina Kmk

Dawn88 here again...with some wisdom gained from experience...

We all know the job agencies are liars, post fake jobs, ignore you and waste your time.

STOP DEALING WITH THEM. Print your "Prove It" test scores before you log out, so you have something tangible to show for your time! USE THEM RIGHT BACK. Seriously, why don't they do TV commercials?

Do you get it now?

Recruiters don’t "find jobs" for people (like in the 80/90s), they find people for Clients who hire them. Back in the 80s/90s, you could go to an employment agency, and they’d find you a job…and bill you $1,000. Worth the money! Companies would hire agencies to pre-screen people for skilled jobs, and paid a fee for finding the right one...

or paid nothing if the agency failed. We used to check the newspaper want ads to find jobs, remember?

Then came the Internet…which changed everything dramatically. Company downsizing started, companies didn’t want to use agencies, or pay their fees. Agencies got desperate, especially when companies quit using “Temps” (popular in the 80s/90s), and simply did without.

Agencies sank, had to find another way…which ended up being their current practice....to get a database of qualified people, and to hopefully attract new clients (and sell email lists on the side). Agencies started using “sales scripts” and lying, posting fake jobs to lure desperate people into their web. If they would simply match qualified people up with real jobs, and charge a fee, they would be off the charts! For whatever reason, they don't.

I'm guessing fear of "discrimination" lawsuits...or that big corporations decided to hire their own recruiters. Smaller companies don't use them anymore, either. THOSE JOBS ARE FAKE.

THE REALITY: Every job ad gets approx. 300 replies.

The screening software (using keywords from the job ad) eliminates those 300 down to about 75. Those 225 resumes vanish forever. The recruiter scans through those 75, and eliminates down to a dozen. Those 12 get a quick phone call, so if you say one wrong word in that 15 minutes, you are OUT.

So that brings it down to 3-5 finalists, who will get an interview. Only one will get the job. This is what you are up against. So now what?

Lower your expectations, pay rate, and HIDE YOUR AGE!! Edit your resume to one page, no fancy formatting. The software pulls that out. Stop applying to every job you see, only what you qualify for.

Contact everyone you know working and tell them you are looking! Get a Linked In profile and complete it! Go to Sears or Walmart and get a professional head shot done. Study job advice and follow it.

Most of all, have your own script ready, answer your phone, and BE AVAILABLE. Don't act lazy when a pal calls with a possible job, and blow them off. That will be the last time they call. If you aren't on the ball, ready to work, enthusiastic and do what you say you will....prepare to live in poverty forever.

You have EXTREME competition, and you are NOBODY to these companies. Nobody cares what you have done, only what you can do for them NOW. So what if you were a hot shot in the 80s? THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.

Don't even mention "the old days" anymore. Focus on the present! Be prepared to tell a company what you can do for them. Don't talk about yourself, talk about the job and how you could do it.

Keep your guard up...that "nice" recruiter is not your friend! Their job is to ELIMINATE, not FIND someone! One wrong move and you are done. They aren't risking their job with a bad hire!!!

Would you? I've been at it for 18 months. I never stop learning.

Hope this helps. GOOD LUCK!

Guest

I guess my quick-witted references caught onto them

Guest

I have never used this company, but I have heard they use the work references supplied by applicants to try to sell their services to. For example, I read of one woman who came in for an interview with appleone and while she was waiting for the interview to begin, she found out later the recruiter was at that very moment already calling her employment references to see if they had any staffing needs. If they are doing this, I am sure there are a thousand other staffing firms who do this as well and it is yet another reason why I avoid agencies.

Guest

Monster and careerbuilder omg! EVERYBODY KEEP BREATHING AND ALL GET TOGETHER TO TELL NEWS STATIONS, FILE LAWSUITS GIVE THEM A TASTE OF KARMA

Guest

I have called the Riverside office over two weeks for a position,

it is like a record. Just wanted to ask a simple question, but kept being put off. the only response they had was "Send us your resume".

It was very unprofessional.

I talked to the girl from Riverside who was transferred to Corona, she

was really nice. She gave me some information and I sent her some basic info. What I really wanted to know was I am very experienced in the Foreclosure, Real Estate, title, lending,short sale and modification fields. However, I am 65. Don't look like it I have been told and I am very energetic. Just wanted to know if my age made a difference. No response.So what does that tell you.

Then I called the Riverside office about that one listing. Response, oh we did have one about a month ago. We are just taking apps to keep on file. That was not what I wanted to hear. So, I still do not have my answer. I did not think it was a hard question.

Good Luck to Every one.

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It's Dawn again, the original poster from 2008, pissed at Apple One. Well guess what? I registered with other agencies, including Premier Staffing, Ultimate Staffing, Office Team, Kelly and a few others. Every one of them called ME after seeing my resume on line. They all told me "I have a client who might like you" to sucker me into their offices, fill out 20 forms, and never hear from them again. I've read tons of books, on line and I'm much smarter than I was in 2008. Here's the scoop:

1. Yes, the agency's job is to find someone for their client, not help YOU get a job. Having a huge database of "great applicants" makes them look good, simple as that.

2. If you are over 40, forget it. "Overqualified" is code for "too old." Companies are nervous about money, and the main issue is an employee's health care cost. I do the benefits, and it's like this:

Under 30: costs $220/month for your medical.

Age 30-40: costs $450

Age 40-50: costs $700

Over 50: is $950! Geeze!

DO THE MATH. After paying someone (like me, at 59) X dollars a year, they have to add another $11,400 extra for my medical? Who would you hire if you owned a company? It's a No-Brainer.

3. Any job ad gets at least 200 replies. If you don't submit a decent resume, with a great cover letter, you won't get called. Your resume goes in the trashcan. Companies call the best 5-6 people out of the 200 who applied, to screen them for possible interviews. If you say one *** thing on the phone, have noise in the background, a dog barking, whatever...you will not get a chance to get an interview. Period.

4. If you actually DO get an interview, you have 20 seconds to make a good impression when you walk in. If you have a limp handshake, scuffed shoes, don't make eye contact, make too much eye contact...have too much jewelry or makeup on, are not attractive, or God forbid show up LATE...or any small thing the interviewer may get annoyed by...you will be shown the door.

5. If you do get a job (I did get several), be prepared to be abused on a daily basis. You will NOT get good money, perks or paid vacations. Companies don't have to legally provide you anything, except Workman's Comp insurance. You will be lucky your payroll check won't bounce. You'll have to sign something saying you "acknowledge" this company has the right to throw you out any time they feel like it. You can't sue or do anything, either. You *** the bullet and start over again...hopefully wiser.

6. Getting a job is a full time job. I'd spend 6-9 hrs a day on the computer, sending resumes and cover letters, tailored to the specific job. I'd study advice on websites, redo my resume 50 times, register on Linked In, repost or update my resume to keep it at the top of search, go to job interviews, do mock interviews with friends, send out emails to everyone working to beg them to let me know if someone was hiring, you name it. If you aren't spending your days job hunting, you will never get a job.

7. Companies know this and take advantage. I had abusive bosses start screaming at me the second day, get no training in any of their systems, yet expect to "learn it" in 1 day. I got the worst computers, promises never kept, and in interviews these freaks would be super nice, yet first day at work, do a 180 and turn into psychopaths. I was blown away at the lack of professionalism out there. Don't expect any.

8. Recruiters now hold the cards. If you *** them off, not returning calls or kissing up, you'll never get a job. I spoke to several CEOs, who told me applicants would apply for Admin jobs, with no experience (other than answering phones at a hair salon or gym). They'd send sharp cover letters, so he'd call them and they'd be talking, "You know, like...uh like...dude." and snapping gum, eating on the phone...Or come to interviews and answer their cell during the interview!? He said the few he tried out(4 year grads) would file by first names, couldn't spell, compose a business letter, or spend hours texting their pals. He went through 4 and gave up. He said talking to me was a miracle, since I could actually discuss business, being an "old timer."

9. Hide your age however you can. If over 40, you can get by. Over 50, you'd better get your teeth whitened, learn Windows 8, and get some new clothes and your hairstyle updated. I wore a ponytail to look younger. You'd better learn the "2 pump" firm handshake, and do your homework. Don't apply to any job you see, calm down and start applying to jobs YOU CAN DO. If you have a bad credit rating, or driving tickets, you won't get hired either. Clean up your act and stop drinking so much.

10. The good news I have for Boomers? Company CEOs are sick of young bimbos. They call in sick on Mondays from their drunk escapades all weekend, text all day, make excuses and think their looks will get them by. Companies are seeing a degree is a joke. Older pros will gladly take the job, do it right and not demand or complain constantly. It's not rocket science to me anymore...it took me 4-5 years to figure it out. We Boomers are too young to retire and too old to get hired...guess what? Job ads are saying "Experienced Only" now. They mean it, too. For you grads who think you are so hot and entitled? Actions speak louder than words. I didn't know jack until I turned 50, so ignore my advice so my Boomer pals can snatch that job. Does "Girls Gone Wild" ring a bell?

My prediction is colleges will start closing the next 10 years. Just like those military bases when Clinton was President. No Boomer parent has any money left to pay for an ungrateful kid's college. We lost it all in stocks and pensions, with our 401Ks. The days of gravy jobs doing nothing are OVER...in my lifetime, anyway.

A recruiter called me Friday for a job interview this week. The company specified "assertive" and "experienced." I got my own medical by re-marrying my ex on paper. I tell every company "I have my own medical." I get job interviews now. I was right all along. It's all about AGE DISCRIMINATION.

Yeah, we're all screwed, for many years to come...all that Wall Street greed DID IT. I thought the Great Depression taught us TO BE SMARTER, but I guess not.

Good Luck to all out there! Hope this does of reality helps!

Dawn

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Dawn, I'm a 47 year old father and have been out of work for almost 6 months since my position was eliminated as part of a "centralization of accounting functions" and broader "reduction in force" after being with the firm for twenty years. Some of what you have written I have wised up to.

The rest I appreciate reading.

Thanks. (I'm sure you can appreciate why I've needed to take anxiety pills.)

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You're okay and everything is going well on your own and all I can feel your feelings as a human

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Of all types are disgusting and have no real expertise except insiders in their own direct companies

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Clearly you all have so much time on your hands to *** online about a company that is FREE TO YOU to HELP find you a job not be your only source. All you people *** dont have jobs cause your not qualified for any of them. so enjoy collecting unemployment checks and you can thank the employees at appleone for paying into that so you can have that check for doing nothing but sit on your *** and complain on a website called "pissed off consumer" and lets remember you are not a consumer of appleone, you paid NOTHING to them.

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To this Jul 18 know it all...Clearly you are a clueless fool who knows nothing about employee benefits administration. Here's how it works:

Employees pay into our own unemployment INSURANCE, along with our previous employer, who pays 1.15% of our wages into a reserve account, called FUTA. Nobody at Apple One pays for MY unemployment INSURANCE, you ***. I don't "sit on my *** all day" because I own a home on a 10,000 SF lot, with plenty to do, EVERY DAY. Why be such a condescending ***. Do I need to hand you a dictionary to know that word?

You know nothing about anyone "qualifying for a job" because you already proved you don't know how unemployment works. Besides, why would some "perfect" person like you be on this site anyway? Work for Apple One, perhaps? Or just a weak link with a rude mouth, who knows nothing about what they are complaining about?

Next time try doing some research before you make yourself look more *** than you appear to be already.

Have a nice day!

Dawn

Guest

Same here with the Sherman Oaks, CA, office. I've been registered with them for 5 months and my so-called account executive has not contacted me once, not with a potential job, not with a request to update information, not with a desire to touch base. A big, fat zero!

Guest

The Apple one in Riverside is the same way I get signed up 4 months ago and no contact I call in and no reply so finally get a call and talk to the lady she gets mad cause whenever I sent her my resume the 2nd page was missing though I sent it everywhere else and they never complained. I asked her what format I should send it in and she *** out on me

Guest

I am not convinced they are a scam. I am unemployed and have registered with 5 different staffing agencies.

Yes, I am getting frustrated at the lack of opportunities they present; however, one major fact that most people don't understand is that these recruiters don't find jobs for people, they find people for jobs. With the number of unemployed individuals these days, they have a large pool of candidates that qualify for pretty much all of their openings. The recruiters send the info of all qualified/interested candidates to the company, and the company selects their favorite.

So just because you are approached about a potential job by Apple One, there is still a pretty slim chance you'll even make it to an interview. It's just a *** time to not have a job.

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Need to use your mind

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